The ride up to the Patriarch at 12,000 feet elevation was beautiful and amazing. We started at Mono Lake at 6,100 feet, and headed for the town of Bishop. There, we went through the Mountain Light exhibit where Galen Rowell’s work is displayed. His photographs are so full of color and energy–it seems like you could walk right into the scene. Read the rest of this entry »
Yesterday morning my class of sixteen photographers headed out to Mono Lake at 5 am. It was still dark, so we made our way with small flash lights to stake our claim in the blackness. We passed other photographers, sometimes almost walking into them or their tripods. It was quiet, except for a few voices here and there. Read the rest of this entry »
School and classrooms never suited me. I don’t do well in a structured environment, where information is fed to me in increments decided by someone else and in the order they think I should have it. I tend to learn better on my own, taking in beginning concepts with the advanced. That way, I always have the overview that makes sense of the nitty-gritty details. I tend to bounce around, and in the end I know enough to get up in running in whatever topic it is I’m learning. Through trial and error, all the bits fall into place. I’ve learned everything from writing to programming to geology in this manner. Read the rest of this entry »
I have no doubt that the first word out of my mouth was “why?” I often wonder why I always have to know why. Why, why, why?
This morning, during my morning meditation, I was besieged by writing ideas for a photography blog. Read the rest of this entry »